Dobelle's expenses and use of donor and university money have been in the spotlight since a Team 5 Investigation last summer revealed Dobelle spent more money on entertainment and travel than any other leader in the state university system in 2011.

Team 5 found he spent $180,000 in donor money in two and a half years charging personal and business expenses for limos, concert tickets, stays at high-end hotels and dinners at expensive restaurants.

Dobelle repeatedly told Team 5 Investigates' Kathy Curran last year that the money was well spent.

"The return on investments have been enormous," said Dobelle.

But a yearlong review by the state inspector general found when Dobelle jetted to San Francisco in May 2013, he was supposed to be on a fundraising mission, but his mission was actually personal. He attended his friend's son's wedding and it was all paid for with money donated to help support Westfield State.

"He comes up with this scheme essentially to have his trip to California paid for by the university and makes up meetings with foundations, makes up meetings with alumni to get the university to pay for his trip to San Francisco," said Cunha.

Team 5 Investigates has learned the problems with Dobelle's spending go even deeper.

A 2008 trip to Asia at a cost of $127,000 didn't lead to any return on investment for the university and a trip to Austria for Dobelle and his wife in 2011 was for their son's graduation. The Austria trip wasn't reimbursed until more than a year later when there was talk of reviewing Dobelle's spending.

When Dobelle headed to Cuba to support the Westfield baseball team in 2013, the IG found he brought six friends along for the trip who had no affiliation with the school and were not eligible to travel to Cuba under the U.S. Treasury Department's academic exemption.

According to the report, Dobelle also instructed some of those travelers to make the false assertion that they were "adjunct faculty" and "assistant coaches" at Westfield State.

"It's just outrageous that a president of a university can exhibit this behavior, the behavior I'm talking about is lying and misleading the board of trustees, encouraging family and friends to lie on federal travel documents," said Cunha.

Among the IG's findings:

• Dobelle repeatedly made false or misleading statements to the University's board of trustees in order to justify his actions and wasteful spending. For example, Dobelle claimed his foreign travel attracted 123 international students to Westfield State University in the fall of 2013, bringing in $1.2 million per year; however most of those "international students" are non U.S. citizens who are permanent residents of Massachusetts and pay in state tuition.

• Dobelle received a significant unwarranted financial benefit from his use of university and foundation credit cards for personal expenses. By putting personal charges on the cards, he avoided interest that would have accrued on his own credit cards. He also collected airline and hotel points and miles worth thousands of dollars in his personal rewards accounts.

• Dobelle's decision to lead a 10-person trip to Asia and his management of the Speaker Series financially damaged the foundation and ultimately the university while providing little benefit. The two initiative cost the foundation more than $700,000 and the university was forced to provide more than $400,000 to keep the foundation afloat.

• Dobelle routinely violated university policy regarding business meals by failing to identify all the individuals at meals and the purpose of those meals. There were also many instances in which the bill included charges for alcoholic beverages, a violation of university policy.

• Dobelle routinely rescheduled or canceled flights, costing the university thousands of dollars.

• Dobelle commissioned a portrait of himself to be unveiled for WSU's 175th anniversary in 2013 without seeking prior approval from the foundation.

• Dobelle purchased two Kindles, a digital camera and a laptop computer with university funds, but the university has never had possession of this equipment.

"You don't get into public service to serve yourself or to give yourself perks," said Cunha.

Dobelle's attorney, Ross Garber, told Team 5 Investigates that his client received a copy of the audit late Thursday afternoon and has not had a chance to review it.

In a written statement Garber wrote, "It is time to stop the effort to tarnish Dr. Dobelle's reputation and diminish the University's achievements under his leadership. Millions of dollars have been spent to oust Dr. Dobelle and to justify that decision. Yet a federal judge has refused to dismiss allegations against the Commissioner of Higher Education and the former WSU Board Chair that they violated Dr. Dobelle's constitutional rights."

A spokesperson for state Secretary of Education Matthew Malone told Team 5 Investigates the findings from the inspector general support the recent changes made by the Patrick administration to train and advise the state's universities' boards of trustees with the hope of strengthening their oversight of public higher education campuses.

In a written statement, the communications director for the Executive Office of Education wrote, "We share the Inspector General's assessment that continuing education is essential for trustees, and are committed to working with Westfield State University and all of the Commonwealth's public institutions of higher learning to provide access to quality training opportunities."

In a statement, Brad Puffer, spokesman for Attorney General Martha Coakley said, "This report raises serious concerns and allegations about the use of Westfield State resources by its former president. Our office has been fully briefed by the inspector general about these findings. We have been conducting our own investigation into this matter, and anticipate additional action soon."